MYRTLE WARBLER. 
655. Dendroica coronata. 51% inches. 
Yellow patches on crown, sides and rump; outer tail 
feathers with large white spots; female duller and 
browner. 
During migrations these pretty birds are very abun- 
dant in the United States. They usually travel in 
large flocks so that a small piece of woodland is liter- 
ally flooded with them when they pause in the flight 
to feed upon insects or small berries. They are often 
known as Yellow-rumped Warblers. 
Song.—A clear, broken trill or warble. 
Nest.—Usually in coniferous trees, though sometimes 
in others, and at low elevations; of plant fibres and 
grasses; the four or five eggs are white, spotted and 
blotehed with reddish brown (.70 x .54). 
Range.—Eastern N. A., breeding from northern New 
England and Minnesota northward; winters south of 
theiU= S; 
